2015 competition

“At the final of the Start TLV competition, three UK start-ups pitched their ideas to a panel of five judges for the chance of winning a trip to the prestigious DLD conference in Tel Aviv in September for the chance to meet investors and VCs (venture capitals).​The eventual winner was Edutise which is a company that has been operating for only six weeks and whose stated mission is to "help schools improve the quality of education by increasing budgets and reducing costs".” International Business Times

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Partners

In 2015, Start TLV was delighted to partner with Google Campus and the International Business Times and judges, Frank Meehan (Co-Founder & Partner, SparkLabs Global), Diane Perlman (UK Startups Lead, Microsoft UK), Sarah Drinkwater (Head of Campus London, Google for Entrepreneurs), David Gilbert (Technology Editor, International Business Times) and HE Daniel Taub, Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St James’.

Winner

​Edutise as a company benefited massively from the extra press that came with winning the competition. The trip to Israel was an amazing experience shared with 25 other winners from around the world that gave me a truly global perspective on Edutise. My only regret is not booking a few extra days in Tel Aviv to enjoy the sunshine

​“I set up CrowdEmotion to help “humanize” our interactions with technology more broadly. By observing expressions we can predict how an individual will go on to behave, whether it be clicking, sharing, voting, buying or some other action.

[The] winners were Al Mackin and Tom New of Formisimo, a unique startup which created a tool to measure how visitors interact with online forms. Speaking after their trip last year, Al said, "The competition came at a key stage in my business and we left Israel feeling even more energised about my start-up but also about the tech industry in the UK." He continued, "I don't know where our journey will eventually lead us - we're in the middle of our first funding round - but Israel, through the hard work of the Israeli embassies, will be an important part of our history."